Tag: Millennials

Mill Creek: Pushing Millennials To Have A Seat At The Table

October 31, 2018Taylor Allen and

Ted Smith, 38, is often the youngest person in the room when attending various community meetings in West Philadelphia. Smith, born and raised in Mill Creek, said that while growing up, he often woke up and

Hunting Park: Local Efforts Encourage Minorities And Millennials To Vote

October 28, 2016Grace E. Maiorano and

Equipped with pledge cards, iPods, and polling data, a group of five millennials cramped into a minivan. Maneuvering through North Philadelphia, the team knocked door-to-door along nestled rowhomes in Hunting Park, Juniata Park, and Feltonville,

Center City: “We Have an Ongoing Need to Increase the Quality of Our Political Leadership.”

September 29, 2015pnadmin and

David Thornburgh may have Pittsburgh roots but his passion lies on the other side of the Keystone state in Philadelphia politics. As the President and CEO of the historic Committee of Seventy, a non-profit organization

Education: ‘Catholic Identity Pledge’ Meets Diversity at Local Catholic Schools

September 28, 2015Lora C Strum and

Archdiocese Catholic school students found a new document slipped into their application and entrance packets: The Memorandum of Understanding. The decree, released earlier this month from the office of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia requires all

Primary Election Day 2015: Don’t Count Those Millennials Out Yet

May 19, 2015George W. Miller

Philadelphia has significant problem when it comes to voting, especially when the focus is on municipal elections rather than national. Of all folks who fall into the roughly 75 to 80 percent of registered voters who